Library Rock's Backpages

Half Man Half Biscuit: Lads, I Feel Another Title Coming On…

Stuart Maconie, Q, January 1994

EMERGING FROM the dark of the Mersey tunnel into the almost dark of autumn in Birkenhead, the first thing the visitor sees are the giant shapes of the deserted and dormant Cammell Laird shipyards, for many years the town's benefactor and provider, now silent. The second thing the visitor sees is a huge overhead sign above the toll booths proclaiming "BIENVENUE! WILKOMMEN! WELCOME TO THE WIRRAL!"

Total word count of piece: 1377

Subscribe

Becoming a member is easy. Membership gives you access to all the thousands of articles in the library.

Click here to go to Subscribe page.

Click here for academic and other group subscriptions.